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Certiport Receives Funding for Continued Growth and Expansion Plans
Spire Capital Partners invests in Certiport to support long-term business initiatives and global growth plans
SALT LAKE CITY – November 07, 2007
Certiport today announced it has received an investment from a private equity firm based in New York to accelerate its long-range global expansion goals in assessment, training and certification. Spire Capital invests in the growth of leading companies in the information services, business services, media and communication sectors.
"Certiport is entering a period of unparalleled opportunity and expansion," said David Saedi, President and CEO of Certiport. "The funding Certiport has secured through Spire Capital will enable our continued corporate growth over the course of the next 10 years."
Sean White, Partner of Spire Capital, commented: "We have spent the past year working with David and his team to learn more about the company and its unique offering of training and certification services. We are excited to partner with such a talented management team and look forward to growing Certiport's leading certification efforts."
About Certiport
Certiport is the leading provider of certification exam development, delivery and program management services which include practice tests via MeasureUp® delivered through an expansive network of over 10,000 Certiport Authorized Testing Centers worldwide. Certiport manages a sophisticated portfolio of leading certification programs including: the official Microsoft Office certification program, the Microsoft Technology Associate certification program, the Adobe® Certified Associate certification program, the CompTIA Strata™ IT Fundamentals, the Autodesk Certified User certification program, the Intuit QuickBooks Certified User certification program and the Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³®). Certiport reliably delivers over two million tests each year throughout the secondary, post-secondary, workforce and corporate technology markets in more than 150 countries and 25 languages worldwide. For more information, please visit www.certiport.com or follow Certiport on
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